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If your child is having problems with a teacher, try using these tips.

Document your child’s complaints: When your son or daughter complains about his or her teacher, don’t dismiss their complaints, according to Parenting.com. Instead, document their issues and the date that it occurred. Make sure you get as much detail from your child as possible.

Present solutions: Based on your child’s complaints you can either help your child fix the situation on their own if it’s minor, or you can talk to the teacher. If you are going to talk to the teacher, let your child know that you are going to have a discussion with his or her teacher about his or her concerns. This lets your child know that you care about the problem, but also that you’re going to hear the teacher’s side of it as well and come to a fair solution. For older kids, you can try giving your son or daughter tips on how to approach the teacher themselves to try to clear up any misunderstandings.

Meet with the teacher: Set up a meeting with your son or daughter’s teacher and take the approach of trying to find a solution instead of accusing the teacher. The teacher may be defensive, so taking the approach of just trying to get to the bottom of the problem by presenting what your child told you and listening to the teacher’s side may be more productive.

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